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We are pleased to invite you and your students to participate in the Summer School of Good Stories: Literary, Film and Wine Tourism, organised by the University of Maribor, Faculty of Tourism in cooperation with 'The University of Zadar, Department of Applied Communication Studies, and held in Brežice, Slovenia. Blended Intensive Programme The Summer School is designed as a blended intensive programme (BIP) and focuses on storytelling as a key tool in contemporary tourism, with particular attention to literary, film and wine tourism. It brings together academic perspectives, practical workshops and field-based experiences, while encouraging international cooperation and co-creation. The physical part of the programme will take place at the University of Maribor, Faculty of Tourism in Brežice from 23 August to 29 August 2026. The virtual component will be held on 20th August and on 31 August 2026. Please find attached the timetable and the Learning Agreement, which provide detailed ...

Ecosystems for literature and art tourism experiences - ELATE  Slides available - please click image to download from Google Drive Webinar February 24th, 2026, at 10 AM (Portugal time zone). CiTUR Algarve (Centre for Tourism Research, Development and Innovation, University of Algarve) are delighted to invite you to attend this free online webinar. Synopsis of the webinar The webinar demonstrates how the researcher integrates social media theory and literary theory to develop a model for cultural tourism. From his writer's residency in Millbay, Plymouth, which went on to win a creative commission from Exeter's UNESCO City of Literature, he embarked on a project in literary tourism and slow tourism for the French port town of Ouistreham in Normandy. This talk presents the technical and practical details of this work as a model for future developers, academics and travel writers. We make available the dialogue journaling templates recently refined in MS OneNote and Google Docs.  ...

  Sustainable Narratives and Technologies in Tourism PowerPoints for Textbook Users When you choose the textbook for your teaching then re-usable PowerPoint slides are available for 14 of the 18 chapters; 7 of them have slide scripts, too. The slides are CC-BY which means you can re-format, re-use and share without copyright worries. Please include the original book reference as a final slide in your copies. This is provided for you at the end of each PowerPoint. Here is a checklist to help you plan your module with these slides and the chapters from the book  Sustainable Narratives and Technologies in Tourism. Chapter Title, Author(s) and Abstract Notes     Chapter 1:  01-Tourism in the 2030s: Sustainability and Technology. Author: Dr Mehmet Emin Baynazoglu ·         This chapter explores how sustainability, digital technologies, and artificial intell...